For communication with foreign or civilian vessels the International Code of Signals is used.
Its use resembles that of the signals of other navies but it is only used within the Russian fleet.
The Russian Navy Code of Signals is a collection of flaghoist signals, which is used together with semaphore alphabet for the transmission of information between the ships of the Russian Navy and also with the shore. ( January 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations.